Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour is Returning Bigger than Ever! 25 January – 17 May 2017 The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back in the UK and Ireland for 2017, with more screenings and more action than ever […]

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES IN LEEDS Do you have Arthritis (or have an understanding of living with Arthritis)? Are you friendly, approachable and able to put people at ease? Want to do something to help other people to understand and learn how […]

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes Don’t want to be a richer man Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes Just gonna have to be a different man Time may change me But I can’t trace time One year […]

A word in your ear. Whilst walking around East Leeds I’m sure you are familiar with hearing people speaking English with a foreign accent. This means that they have probably made the effort to learn the language from scratch, and […]

Meeting East Leeds Slimming World Consultants was spellbinding says Stephen Mulhern. A group of Slimming World Consultants from East Leeds has got the magic touch when it comes to weight loss this New Year, according to TV presenter Stephen Mulhern. […]

Chapel FM Open Day 1-4pm Saturday 28th January 2017 “Chapel FM is an amazing part of the East Leeds community. It has helped lots of people–giving them a voice and teaching them skills.” – Vicky Robinson Over 10,000 people visited […]

Upwards & Onwards 2017 My first column of 2017, where does the time go? I want to look back over the last year and tell you about what we have planned for 2017 and although he’s featured heavily in […]

Thank you for the petition to stop the government from imposing cuts on pharmacy funding. Our efforts were in vain. These guys cannot be compared to Fidel Castro (bless his soul) but they are dictators, we all witnessed how they […]

The 7th Chapel FM Musicathon 3pm Saturday 10th December to 3pm Sunday 11th December 24 hours of music; all live, all local, non-stop It’s a totally mad event and totally marvellous. Back in 2009 it was the first thing we […]

When it’s gets to this time of year, obviously there’s not as much wildlife about but the bare branches in trees makes what’s still here much easier to spot. And there’s only one bird to start with at Christmas time, […]

Thinking of Christmas as a child in East Leeds brings back pleasant memories. Our family didn’t have much money but my parents never failed when it came to presents. I’m not talking about the value spent on kids today, not […]

Sound and Vision – It’s Christmas Time John Moody takes us on a tour of 1970-80’s East Leeds pubs where along with brothers Bill and Steve he Dj’d as Sound and Vision Mobile Disco. Hello Everybody! I know you were […]

Welcome to Issue 61 of ELM. There are more questions than answers Pictures in my mind that will not show There are more questions than answers And the more I find out the less I know Yeah, the more I […]

For 6 months in 1964, I was on active service in Borneo, with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Greenjackets. Although based at Semengo Camp, Kuching, we had three forward outposts from where we sent out patrols so the Indonesian Insurgents […]